Early results suggest that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is set for overwhelming victory in presidential election
Tikhanovskaya wore one on each wrist.
Political observers predicted Lukashenko would rig the vote in the absence of international observers. He won over 83 percent at previous polls in 2015. Tikhanovskaya says that if she wins she will release political prisoners and call fresh elections to include the entire opposition.'Lukashenko's ruthlessness'
Photographs of the three standing together and making their signature gestures – Tikhanovskaya's punched fist, Kolesnikova's fingers in a heart shape and Tsepkalo's victory sign – have become an emblem of the opposition. In the past Lukashenko has crushed protests with riot police and hefty jail terms, prompting Western sanctions.
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